पञ्चाङ्ग — Vellore, Tamil Nadu · January 3, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.80°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha234.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra275.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani38.39°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

Vellore, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:53 – 12:18
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:34
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:27
Varjyam07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:37 – 08:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:02 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:53 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:18 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:34 – 18:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:00 – 19:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:34 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:18 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:53 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:02 – 06:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.9165°
Longitude: 79.1325°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874404.27
Julian Day2462869.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2861°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.28°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2861°), declination -22.85°, EoT -4.59 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2031-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)